Eliza Simpson

Eliza Ann Simpson 

Born: 2 December 1844, Bingham Union 

Baptised: 19 January 1845, Barkestone 

Father: William Simpson (b. 1820)

Mother: Catherine Simpson (b. 1815)

Brothers: Thomas Simpson (b. 1842)

Marriage:        5 July 1869, Henfield 

Husband:         Stephen Pettit 

                        b. 1843

                        Draper/Tailor

                        d. 1905 

Issue – 

#1 Percy William Arthur Pettit (b. 27 December 1869) 

#2 Florence Catherine Pettit (b. 25 January 1872)

#3 Ernest Henry Terry Pettit (b. 1874)

#4 Harry Edward Pettit (b. 1876)

#5 Charles Thomas Pettit (07 March 1879)

#6 Alice Maud Pettit (1881)

#7 Margaret Pettit (b. 15 November 1882)

#8 Jessie Pettit (b. 1886)

In 1851 – 

She is at Tillington Street, St John the Evangelist. Her father is listed as ‘Mason Journeyman’. Eliza, her mother and brother, Thomas, are unlisted.

In 1861 – 

She is at 10 Stanton Street, Grantham. Her mother and brother, Thomas, are unlisted. Eliza is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1871 –

She is at Arthur Street Snez Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her husband is listed as ‘Drapers Assistant’. Eliza and her son, Percy, are unlisted. 

In 1881 –

She is at 31 Peascod Street, New Windsor. Her husband is listed as ‘Outfitter Shop’. Eliza and her children (Percy, Florence, Ernest, Harry, Charles and Alice) are unlisted. There is a Nurse Domestic Servant, Mary Champion (b. 1866). There is a visitor, John J Covey (b. 1857), listed as ‘Hosier’. There is a servant, William Brewer (b. 1855), listed as ‘Outfitters Assistant’.  

In 1891 – 

She is at Church Street, Kingston, Surrey. Her husband is listed as ‘Wholesale Tailor’. Her sons, Percy and Ernest, are listed as ‘Tailors Salesman’. Eliza and her children (Florence, Harry, Charles, Alice, Margaret and Jessie) are unlisted. There is a servant, Annie Seaver (b. 1871).

In 1901 –

She is at Ravensworth, Wolverton Avenue. Her husband is listed as ‘Tailor’. Eliza and her daughter, Jessie, are unlisted. Her son, Charles, is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Living on Own Means’.  

In 1911 – 

She is at 24 Palmerston Road, Southend. Her son-in-law, Robert Swan Brewis (b. 1879), is listed as ‘Coal Factory Manager’. Her daughter, now Margaret Brewis, and grandchildren, Robert Oswald Brewis (b. 1904) and Nancy Brewis (b. 1911), are unlisted. Eliza is an unlisted widow. There is a servant, May Elizabeth Evenden (b. 1886).

In 1939 – 

She is at 280 Gladstone Road, Barry. Her son-in-law, John Colverson (b. 1865), is listed as ‘Railway Audit Clerk’. Eliza is listed as ‘Private Means’. Her daughter, now Florence Colverson, is unlisted.

d.         11 October 1940, Surrey North Eastern